Becoming Spirit

Timidity is not humility 
 Inability to confidently roar by the spirit 
 Is not a meekness of the spirit
 Mediocrity that stems from laxity 
 Is not the mark of poverty in the spirit. 
 And to be barren of the understanding of my world
 Is not a show of spiritual maturity.

I am not more humble when I refuse responsibility 
 I do not become more like Jesus 
 When I refuse His apprehension 
 It is laziness to wish it is not I who will do it 
 To desire to be freed of my labor
 Is to seek a freedom unto captivity
 My ability to hide in the face of duty that shows my brightness 
 Is not the mark of lowliness
 It is only an indication 
 Of my lack of faith in the Spirit of holiness 
Who is able to keep me meek and lowly 
 Even in the face of brightness and seeming glory
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